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The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing;
language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; -- contradistinguished
from verse, or metrical composition. |
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Hence, language which evinces little imagination or
animation; dull and commonplace discourse. |
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A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the
Mass. See Sequence. |
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Pertaining to, or composed of, prose; not in verse; as,
prose composition. |
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Possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics; plain;
dull; prosaic; as, the prose duties of life. |
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To write in prose. |
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To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way. |
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To write prose. |
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